Volunteers sought for ACT-NOW safety program

Citizen Staff Reports

11/07/12

Henrico County Police Division is seeking volunteers to patrol Henrico shopping centers during the busy holiday shopping season as part of the ACT-NOW (Awareness of Crime Today – Neighbors On Watch) program, which is designed to help curb crime. Volunteers will work under the direction of an officer and will be trained prior to the patrol.

Volunteers may choose which featured shopping center they would like to patrol each weekend beginning Nov. 24. Each patrol will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Patrols will occur:

Nov. 24 – Regency Square

Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 – Willow Lawn

Dec. 7 and 8 – Virginia Center Commons

Dec. 14 and 15 – White Oak Village

Dec. 21 and 22 – Short Pump Town Center

For details or to volunteer, call Billie Tebbens of the Crime Prevention Unit at (804) 501-5934.

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Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.

Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.

Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.

It’s going to be a cold weekend so if you’re headed out to the James River Parade of Lights or the Richmond Road Runners Club Toy Run 5K in Innsbrook, you’d better bundle up! If you’re looking for some indoor ways to celebrate the holidays, check out Three-Penny Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story for Christmas” or “To Drive the Cold Winter Away: An Irish Celebration of the Returning Light” at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church in Glen Allen. Also this weekend – the Henrico Theatre will show the holiday classic “Home Alone." For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.

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